USN · DE
AfloatEvarts-class destroyer escort, DE-8. Boston Navy Yard laid her down on 27 November 1942 and launched her on 9 January 1943. Commissioned on 4 May 1943. Lieutenant Commander Mark Edwin Dennett was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around the Marshall Islands, Majuro, the Gilbert Islands, and Tarawa.
| Class | Evarts class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer escort (DE) |
| Hull | DE-8 |
| Builder | Boston Navy Yard |
| Launched | 1943-01-09 |
| Commissioned | 1943-05-04 |
| Fate | Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 21 November 1945. |
| Armament (class) | Short-hull destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns and one funnel. No torpedo tubes. |
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Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
Jim Brewer RM 2/c, U.S. Navy. USS Steele (DE-8) at anchor, circa in 1945.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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